original description Racek, A.A., 1967. A new species of Metapenaeopsis (Crustacea-Decapoda) from northern Australian waters.— The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 92: 251-253, Plates 12-13. [details]

basis of record Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle. 175: 1-233. [details]